Corey Feldman, Corey Haim and Jamison Newlander gear up to fight (read: run from) vampires in "Lost Boys," which will play Halloween night at Sundown at Granada.

ONLY SOPRANO Renée Fleming has the chops to make Verdi’s Otello (3 hours, 27 mins.) about her. Catch her as Desdemona on Oct. 27 at 12:55 p.m. in theaters across the country as part of The Met: Live in HD series, including three theaters in Dallas: Cinemark 17 with Imax, 11819 Webb Chapel Road; NorthPark Center 15 with Imax, 8687 N. Central Expressway, Suite 3000; and Galaxy Theatre, 11801 McCree Road. There will be an encore showing Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. For the complete schedule, other participating area theaters and to buy tickets, go to metoperafamily.org/.

OPEN CASTING CALL:MasterChef is looking for the best home cooks in the country on Oct. 27 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Le Cordon Bleu, 11830 Webb Chapel Road, Suite 1200, Dallas. masterchefcasting.com.

THERE’S NOTHING like Michael Myers in the evening. Halloween (1978, R, 91 mins.) returns to the big screen Oct. 27-28 and with a Halloween party on Oct. 31 at 8:30 p.m. at Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas. $9.50. Buy tickets and get a full list of participating area theaters at screenvision.com/cinema-events/Halloween/.

DRESS AS your favorite character for Doctor Who Day on Oct. 28 from noon to 4 p.m. at the British Emporium, 140 N. Main St, Grapevine. Test your knowledge of the Doctor, participate in the costume contest, have a spot of tea and peruse Dr. Who gifts and posters. Free. 817-421-2311. british-emporium.com.

HARKINS THEATRES kicked off a new film series this month. A double feature — Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein — will enjoy a one-time engagement Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at Harkins Southlake 14, 1450 Plaza Place (State Highway 114 and Southlake Boulevard), Southlake. harkinstheatres.com.

SUNDOWN AT GRANADA has a new weekly movie series, every Wednesday night through Nov. 21. It only makes sense that it’s Lost Boys (1987, R, 97 mins.) — a Corey (Feldman, Haim) twofer — on Halloween night, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. on the rooftop patio at 3520 Greenville Ave., Dallas. The series runs Wednesday nights through Nov. 21. Free. sundownatgranada.com.

CINEMARK CONTINUES its Classics Series, scheduled to play in more than 150 of the chain’s theaters nationwide. See Young Frankenstein (1974, PG, 106 mins.) Oct. 31 at 2 and 7 p.m. at Cinemark 17 with Imax, 11819 Webb Chapel Road, Dallas. $6.50-$9. Go to cinemark.com/cinemark-classic-series to purchase tickets and for a full list of the area’s participating theaters.

JOIN THE FOLKS at FilmMatters for a three-part film and lecture symposium — Human Rights with a focus on the Global Clean Water Crisis — on Nov. 3 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Anatole, Obelisk Room, 2201 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas. $10. Reserve your seat for the event that benefits the Filmanthropy Fund at the Dallas Foundation by emailing filmmatters@m3filmsllc.com. A VIP brunch featuring Dallas star Larry Hagman kicks off the event at 11 a.m. Reserve a seat by calling FilmMatters co-producer Julia Geyer at 214-458-4807. $75. facebook.com/FilmMatters.

THE LONE STAR FILM SOCIETY puts on the Lone Star International Film Festival starting Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. through Nov. 11 with screenings at the AMC Palace, 220 E. Third St., in Sundance Square, Fort Worth. The first dozen films were announced earlier this month, including opener Jayne Mansfield’s Car, from writer-director Billy Bob Thornton and fresh from closing out the Austin Film Festival. Thornton will also receive the fest’s Achievement in Film award at the ball Nov. 8 at the Ballroom at the Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston St. Opening night is $10; individual tickets after that are $8 per screening; festival passes are $100-$500; and tickets for the ball are $600. 817-924-6000. lonestarfilmsociety.com.

IT’S TIME for Twilight again, and Harkins Theaters has an Ultimate Twilight Marathon on Nov. 15 starting at 10:45 a.m. at Harkins Southlake 14, 1450 Plaza Place (Highway 114 and Southlake Blvd.) Watch all the films in the Saga, leading up to the 10 p.m. premiere of Breaking Dawn Part 2. $30, includes admission to each movie, a 44-oz. collector cup, two small popcorns, a free loyalty cup, a commemorative lanyard and a Harkins goodie bag. And, if you can’t take the entire day off, there’s “Harkins Double Dawn” that starts at 7 for $15 and hits the reset button where the series left off. Take your copy of Twilight: The Complete Journey by the editors of Entertainment Weekly with you to elicit cries of envy. harkinstheatres.com/twilight.

Please send submissions at least two weeks in advance for listing to The Dallas Morning News, Film Events, 508 Young St., Dallas, Texas 75202 or dburkes@dallasnews.com and lsnyder@dallasnews.com.

Tippi Hedren runs from the, ahem, birds in Alfred Hitchcock's "Birds," which kicks off a month of the master at the Angelikas.

IT’S MY FAVORITE time of the year, and that means Hitchcocktober is going on at the Angelika. Classic Alfred Hitchcock films screen every Thursday this month on the patio as part of the yearly celebration of the legendary filmmaker. Marvel at The Birds (1963, 119 mins.) tonight at 8 p.m. at the Angelika Film Center and Cafe, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230 (in Mockingbird Station), Dallas. To Catch a Thief, Rear Window and Vertigo round out the rest of the schedule. Free. 214-841-4713. angelikafilmcenter.com.

THE FALL FOR GARLAND festival (Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) features movies, too, along with live music, vendors, a car show and Kids’ Korner. Kick off the festivities with American Graffiti (1973, PG, 110 mins.) on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. and watch Cat Ballou (1965, 97 mins.) on Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at the refurbished Plaza Theatre, 521 W. State St., downtown Garland. Free.

CALLING ALL Disney fans: I’m dating myself, but I remember when Epcot Center opened 30 years ago Oct. 1. And now there’s Disney Fanniversary Celebration From D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, a show that celebrates that anniversary and lots of other Disney magic, including rare film clips, artwork and audio from the Mouse House. Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Dallas Museum of Art, Horchow Auditorium, 1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas. $18-$25. d23.disney.go.com.

THE DALLAS FILM SOCIETY, Texas Independent Film Network and the Angelika Film Center join forces for a monthly screening series focused on Texas-made independent films. Director Mike Woolf’s Man on a Mission (not rated, 2010, 83 mins.) will be shown on Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Angelika Film Center and Cafe, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230 at Mockingbird Station, Dallas. $10. dallasfilm.org.

SUNDOWN AT GRANADA has a new weekly movie series. Next up is Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused (1993, R, 102 mins.) on Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. on the rooftop patio at 3520 Greenville Ave., Dallas. Get there early to hang out before the movie. The series will run Wednesday nights through Nov. 21. Free. sundownatgranada.com.

THE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES continues with Carolann Stoney’s documentary about exceptional women landscape architects, Women in the Dirt: Landscape Architects Shaping Our World, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway. Arrive early for a reception at 6 p.m. A donation of $10 is requested at the door. R.S.V.P. via info@DallasCFA.com.

RAP STATESMAN CHUCK D narrates filmmaker Jason Orr’s look at soul music from the 1980s to the mid-2000s through the prism of the influential FunkJazz Kafé. Diary of a Decade: The Story of a Movement (2012, 134 mins.) plays Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas Convention Center Theater Complex, 1309 Canton St. Orr will lead a discussion at 8:45 p.m. $5. Buy tickets via phone at 214-743-2400 or with cash only at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters box office, open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday noon to 4 p.m.

DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN turned magic into a competitive sport with his adaptation of Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel. The Prestige (2006, PG-13, 130 mins.; don’t get it confused with that same year’s Illusionist, one of my favorite Edward Norton films), with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival magicians on a quest for the best illusion, is the next film in this year’s Sunset Screenings presented by AT&T Performing Arts Center and the Dallas Film Society. Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. at Strauss Square, 2403 Flora, Dallas. Free; an R.S.V.P. is encouraged. Coolers and picnic baskets are allowed. attpac.org/index.cfm?pagepath=&id=34434.

CELEBRATE THE BLUES during the Thin Line Fall Series, which plans to show a documentary about music on the second Saturday of each month through December. Music From the Big House (2010, 90 mins.) features Rita Chiarelli, “Canada’s Queen of the Blues,” as she makes a pilgrimage to one of the genre’s birthplaces, Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary (Angola Prison). Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theater, 115 N. Elm St., Denton. $8. 2013.thinlinefilmfest.com.

GET A JUMP on your cinephile friends when you attend Harlan Jacobson’s Talk Cinema. Southern Methodist University professor Tearlach Hutcheson, who is also the director of marketing for Studio Movie Grill, hosts previews of critically acclaimed festival films before they hit theaters. Begins Oct. 14 with coffee served at 10:30 a.m. and screenings at 11 a.m. at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St. $15-$20 for single tickets, with day-of-show single tickets available at 10 a.m. at the Modern’s admission desk; $60 and $75 for the series. 1-800-551-9221; talkcinema.com/fortworth.

Please send submissions at least two weeks in advance for listing to The Dallas Morning News, Film Events, 508 Young St., Dallas, Texas 75202 or lsnyder@dallasnews.com and dburkes@dallasnews.com.

DISCUSSIONS ALWAYS follow the movies at the First Tuesday Social Justice Film Festival. Sordid Lives (2000, R, 11 mins.) stars Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia, Olivia Newton-John and Delta Burke as family members who gather in Texas for a funeral as secrets spill out. The movie screens Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, 3839 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas. Free. 214-337-2429. firsttuesdayfilms.org.

SUNDOWN AT GRANADA begins a new weekly movie series with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, R, 118 mins.) on Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. on its rooftop patio, 3520 Greenville Ave., Dallas. Get there early to hang out before the movie. The series will run Wednesday nights through Nov. 21. Free. sundownatgranada.com.

UNIVERSAL IS STILL celebrating its 100th anniversary by dusting off some magic and putting it back in theaters. Watch a remastered version of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. (1982, PG, 115 mins.) titled TCM Presents ‘E.T. The Extra Terrestrial’ 30th Anniversary Event on Oct. 3 in select theaters across the country, including three in Dallas: at 2 and 7 p.m. at AMC NorthPark 15 with Imax and ETX, 8687 N. Central Expressway, Suite 3000; at 2 and 7 p.m. at Cinemark 17 with Imax, 11819 Webb Chapel Road; and at 7 p.m. at the Galaxy Theater, 11801 McCree Road. $20. An introduction to the film will go through the creative process and feature co-star Drew Barrymore. In step with the 30th anniversary, Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective, featuring a foreword from the director, comes out Oct. 2, and the first-ever Blu-ray release follows on Oct. 9. Purchase tickets at participating theater box offices, or go to fathomevents.com, where you can also find a full list of participating theaters in the area.

A SEVEN-TIME Academy Award-winning film returns to theaters with Lawrence of Arabia 50th Anniversary Event: Digitally Restored, showing Oct. 4 at 2 and 7 p.m. at select theaters across the country, including three in Dallas: AMC NorthPark 15 with Imax and ETX, 8687 N. Central Expressway, Suite 3000; Cinemark 17 with Imax, 11819 Webb Chapel Road; and at the Galaxy Theater, 11801 McCree Road. Purchase tickets at participating theater box offices, or go to fathomevents.com, where you can also find a full list of participating theaters in the area.

THE DALLAS FILM SOCIETY, Texas Independent Film Network and the Angelika Film Center join forces for a monthly screening series focused on Texas-made independent films. Director Mike Woolf’s Man on a Mission (not rated, 2010, 83 mins.) will be shown on Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Angelika Film Center and Cafe, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230 at Mockingbird Station, Dallas. $10. dallasfilm.org.

THE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL entry period has an early deadline of Oct. 26 and a regular deadline of Dec. 7. The late deadline is Dec. 14. The festival, scheduled for April 4-14, touts $60,000 of confirmed prize money. Submissions during the fest’s six-year tenure total 7,000. For questions, email submissions@dallasfilm.org. Find a link for submissions and other information at dallasfilm.org.

Please send submissions at least two weeks in advance for listing to The Dallas Morning News, Film Events, 508 Young St., Dallas, Texas 75202 or lsnyder@dallasnews.com and dburkes@dallasnews.com.

Saturday: Sundown at Granada debuts a new monthly party on its rooftop patio called Stereo on Strike 3.0. It starts at 9 p.m. Click here to RSVP.

Sunday: The Iron Cactus restaurants are celebrating their 16th anniversary by offering house margaritas for 16 cents on Sept. 16. The deal is limited to two per customer. The Dallas Iron Cactus is on Main Street.

The Sundown at Granada will be hopping Friday night with the new "Stereo on Strike 3.0" series. (PHOTO: G.J. McCarthy/Staff Photographer)

The intimate and fun Sundown at Granada beer garden and restaurant, adjacent to the Granada Theater, is introducing a monthly rooftop patio party, “Stereo on Strike 3.0,” with music provided by DJs. The first party takes place at 9 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 15). Granada organizers say you’ll be treated to the “best of funk, soul, disco, house, techno and U.K.” music.

Wanz Dover (PHOTO: Jason Jankik/Special Contributor)

Spinning tunes will be Wanz Dover, Shooknite, Jason Acton and Gabriel Mendoza. No cover. For ages 21 and older. For more info, visit granadatheater.com or call 214-823-8305. The Sundown at Granada is at 3520 Greenville Ave., Dallas.

GREET SOME celebrities tonight as they walk the red carpet at a special Dallas premiere screening of Charles S. Dutton’s The Obama Effect, which opens July 13 in limited release. The dramedy about a man who takes a personal interest in the 2008 election after a health scare stars Dutton, Glynn Turman (Cooley High, A Different World), Meagan Good (Think Like a Man), Katt Williams, Zab Judah (yes, you read that right) and Vanessa Bell Calloway. 7:30 p.m. July 12 at Mesquite 30 with Imax, 19919 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Mesquite. Free. obamaeffectmovie.com.

WATCH ONE of my favorite movies, Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave (R, 1994, 92 mins.), July 13 and 14 at midnight in the screening lounge at the Inwood in the West Village, 5458 W. Lovers, Dallas. $7.50-$10. 214-764-9106. landmarktheatres.com.

AMATEUR CONTESTANTS ages 13-40 can compete during the Sparkle Singing Challenge for $500 cash, a $25 Bebe gift card and a chance at the national grand prize that includes a trip to New York, an appearance on BET’s 106 & Park, a recording session with a professional producer and writing team and a feature on the MySpace home page. Be prepared to sing a 60-second a capella version of “Celebrate” or “Something He Can Feel,” songs from the remake that opens in theaters Aug. 17 and stars Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks. Registration starts July 14 at noon at Valley View Center at Dallas Midtown, Interstate 635 and Preston Road (use the Alpha Road entrance), Dallas. You can pre-register by emailing DallasSingingChallenge@Moroch.com or calling 214-520-5646. For details, including clips from the competition songs, go to myspace.com/sparkle or sparkle-movie.com.

THE MAGNOLIA at the Modern, an ongoing film series, shows Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love (102 mins., R) at 6 and 8 p.m. July 13, 5 p.m. July 14 and noon, 2 and 4 on July 15. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St. $6.50 and $8.50 (the July 15 noon show is half price). themodern.org. 817-738-9215; themodern.org

JOIN IN the Modern Dance Festival, which goes through July 21. Clara van Gool’s Coup De Grace (2011, Netherlands, 26 mins.) screens as one of the films included in “Dance on Camera: Dance Shorts” on July 14 at 2 p.m. at the Modern, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth. Free. themodern.org. 817-738-9215. For more information on the festival’s other programming, cdfw.org.

IT’S THE last season for survivor Walter White (a stellar Bryan Cranston) and AMC’s Breaking Bad. Start it out in high style — get it? — by attending a watching party for the season premiere July 15 at 9 p.m.

Sundown at Granada: On the rooftop patio at 3520 Greenville Ave., Dallas. Get there early for preferred seating and happy hour. Free. sundownatgranada.com.

SHARPEN YOUR No. 2 pencils out for the “Geeks Who Drink” pub quiz (rated R), hosted by George Quartz, where teams compete for a free bar tab (and other prizes) every Monday through Aug. 20. The theme for this week’s contest is Arrested Development. July 16 at 8 p.m. at The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. in Oak Cliff, Dallas. 214-948-1546. thetexastheatre.com.

CINEMARK PRESENTS a classic film series each Wednesday this month at more than 100 Cinemark theaters across the country. Get your heart racing with North by Northwest (1959, not rated, 136 mins.) on July 18 at 2 and 7 p.m. at Cinemark West Plano, 3800 Dallas Parkway at Parker Road , and Cinemark Movies 16, 220 E. Westchester Parkway (Interstate 20 and South Carrier Parkway), Grand Prairie. $6.50-$9.25. cinemark.com/cinemark-classic-series.

YOU CAN still get tickets for Harkins’ Theatres’ Ultimate Dark Knight Marathon celebrating the film that’s probably most eligible for the tag of “most anticipated movie of the summer.” The marathon starts with a screening of Batman Begins, followed by The Dark Knight and finally a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. July 19 at 6 p.m. at Harkins Southlake 14, 1450 Plaza Place (State Highway 114 and Southlake Boulevard), Southlake. $20, includes admission, two small popcorns and a commemorative lanyard. Tickets can be bought at the box office or harkinstheatres.com.

CAN’T GET enough of the bat? Cinemark will play The Dark Knight Rises in the 70mm Imax format for 72 hours around the clock, starting July 19 at midnight at the Cinemark 17 with Imax, 11819 Webb Chapel, Dallas. $13.25. The entire chain of theaters will host marathons starting July 19, too, starting with Batman Begins at 6:15, Dark Knight at 9 and Dark Knight Rises at midnight. $20; $25 for XD theaters. cinemark.com.

GO BY the book during a series called Reel Books with Joe Milazzo, director of community outreach, on Thursday evenings through September. Watch author Michael Lewis’ Moneyball come to life starring Brad Pitt at 7:30 on July 19 and 26 at the Writer’s Garret, 10809 Garland Road, Dallas. $50-$125. writersgarret.org. 214-828-1715.